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the women come from all over the city. we enjoy the program and we are getting people out to have fun in this beautiful city. >> rec and parks womens' volleyball program is available at richmond rec center. please visit us onlin>> this is the re for the board of education for october 23rd october, 23012, is called to order. >> commissioner fewer. >> here. >> miss maufus? >> here. >> miss mazzucco and dr. merasi? >> present. >> miss wynns? >> dr. murase? >> here. >> thank you. >> mr. yee? >> present. >> thank you. >> and miss wong here. >> and miss ly. >> here. >> i would like to stand up and joint us for the pledge of allegiance. okay. we are going to we have a fairly nice agenda for today and hopefully we will zip there it. >> item a, approval of board minutes of may, 8, 22, october 9ed. >> any objections? >> seeing none? >> mr. yee. >> yes. miss fewer. >> yes. >> maufus, yes. >> miss norton. >> miss wynn? aye. >> and mr. yee. aye. >> item b. >> presentation of the board of education superintendant report. >> superintenda
the women come from all over the city. we enjoy the program and we are getting people out to have fun in this beautiful city. >> rec and parks womens' volleyball program is available at richmond rec center. please visit us onlin>> this is the re for the board of education for october 23rd october, 23012, is called to order. >> commissioner fewer. >> here. >> miss maufus? >> here. >> miss mazzucco and dr. merasi? >> present. >> miss wynns?...
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as you know, 99% of the cabs are situated in the south part of the city. and they need to get to the downtown area to go to work in most cases. some of them will go to noe valley or the mission if they get call. so, it's a concern if you allow the left turn going north on sixth street at harrison and then you've also allow for the parking on the east side of 5th street, you are creating much more gridlock. * calls almost to the point where you're going to get huge levels of service by up to e or f, and i am very concerned what you're going to do and how it's going to affect cab service because of the fact it's going to cause more gridlock on that street. please, you all, i invite you all to drive that all in an afternoon, particularly let's say on a thursday or friday, how to get into the city. and you know the cabs -- again, where the cabs are situated when there's a change of shift. so, if you want to harm service in the downtown area or in north beach or in nob hill, then go ahead and make traffic on sixth street going northbound worse. and this is what
as you know, 99% of the cabs are situated in the south part of the city. and they need to get to the downtown area to go to work in most cases. some of them will go to noe valley or the mission if they get call. so, it's a concern if you allow the left turn going north on sixth street at harrison and then you've also allow for the parking on the east side of 5th street, you are creating much more gridlock. * calls almost to the point where you're going to get huge levels of service by up to e...
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and families, san francisco unified school districts, city college, and san francisco state university. you will see available out in the foyer, some information regarding this partnership. and the goals of this partnership are actually very simple. the goal is that we want to create a strong college and career pathway that is pre-k through post secondary in our city. the brochure is available for your information and it will highlight the work and activitis that happens, including a college fair that happens every year, parties for incoming freshman and i want you to know that the last registration party that we held at three different sites enroll for the classes. for more information visit www.bridgetosuccess.org. i want to want marine karo in helping us to make that a reality. and i want to update everyone about the practical steps that we are doing to build the instructional core for our students. one of the core, and you will hear more from the board of education, the redesign of services for our special needs students which we know means looking differently at how we offer our g
and families, san francisco unified school districts, city college, and san francisco state university. you will see available out in the foyer, some information regarding this partnership. and the goals of this partnership are actually very simple. the goal is that we want to create a strong college and career pathway that is pre-k through post secondary in our city. the brochure is available for your information and it will highlight the work and activitis that happens, including a college...
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october 25, at 3:30 room 250 at city hall. it is chaired by supervisor campos and chui and commissioner mendoza and myself and we have one item and that is our ag requirements. >> i believe that there is a budget committee meeting on november the 8th. >> president yee, we are waiting for confirmation of that meeting, i believe pending a question about commissioner wynn's availability and the regular meeting of the budget and business services committee would fall on wednesday, november 7th. we have requested consideration of moving that meeting one day later to thursday november 8th, and i believe commissioner wynns is reresearching her ability and rewill finalize it. >> thank you, we are finished with this section? >> commissioner? >> yes, go ahead. >> i want to announce that the rules committee meeting. the october rules committee meeting was canceled because we need to get the rest of the elections to get the report from the advocates in sacramento, because we are not really ready with the recommendations on the policy work
october 25, at 3:30 room 250 at city hall. it is chaired by supervisor campos and chui and commissioner mendoza and myself and we have one item and that is our ag requirements. >> i believe that there is a budget committee meeting on november the 8th. >> president yee, we are waiting for confirmation of that meeting, i believe pending a question about commissioner wynn's availability and the regular meeting of the budget and business services committee would fall on wednesday,...
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some cynics believe, why with the city, and needing money, ever be agreeable to and declare the you got me to legalize? i am not that cynical, but that is one story going around. there are other reasons. the planning department i think wants to set a boundary line for the future, that is that they want people to apply for permits, checking the right boxes and filling them out perfectly. maybe they want a standard, that is fine. we're not talking about opening rezoning. we're not talking about new office tenants. we're talking about allowing the ones that have been there for 30 or 40 years to continue to be there. not to be relocated. commissioner dooley: i want to ask a clarifying question. in the case of an industrial building being the one for being converted to office and the lower floor maintaining its industrial use, right? only the floor that is converting to office is subject to the feet, is that correct? >> correct. completely converting. they are already there, but legally -- commissioner dooley: is there an additional fee if your subdividing that from one great big space to fi
some cynics believe, why with the city, and needing money, ever be agreeable to and declare the you got me to legalize? i am not that cynical, but that is one story going around. there are other reasons. the planning department i think wants to set a boundary line for the future, that is that they want people to apply for permits, checking the right boxes and filling them out perfectly. maybe they want a standard, that is fine. we're not talking about opening rezoning. we're not talking about...
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we are so fortunate to live in a city where we have a robust offering of cultural activities. i also want to add my voice to the course of those across the city that are saying, go giants >> this past friday, our middle school students over 3,000 of our middle school students, were treated to an exclusive concert, at the harley strictty blue grass festival at the golden gate park. thanks to the late warren hellman, a true men of san francisco, this has become an annual tradition for the sixth graders and the school staff throughout san francisco. we have the opportunity to enjoy a morning concert with some of the festival's greatest artists in an open air arena where everyone has fresh air. our students had a great time. i can report to the board and to the public that there was lots of singing and dancing, that took place. and i also want to thank the organizers of the harley strictly blue grass festival and our amazing team of district employees, lead and supported by mary richards in our human resources department for another exciting festival. well run. if you can imagine
we are so fortunate to live in a city where we have a robust offering of cultural activities. i also want to add my voice to the course of those across the city that are saying, go giants >> this past friday, our middle school students over 3,000 of our middle school students, were treated to an exclusive concert, at the harley strictty blue grass festival at the golden gate park. thanks to the late warren hellman, a true men of san francisco, this has become an annual tradition for the...
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in 2004 the city of san francisco passed prop i and required that the city do economic analysis every four years and strategy report. talks about how we improve the economy and one thing we are trying to change to the gross receipt tax and that is a start but we have to press this and business friendly city and benefit those in business and benefit those in need of job when is we have 8% unemployment here in san francisco. >> thank you sir. ms. gavin. >> i would invest in transportation, in public transportation it would be muni. i think a lot of areas that we need to upgrade muni and put it under ground. i would invest in the ferries. i think being a tourist city and many people commute to the city i think it's one area a lot of jobs would come from is invest in the public transportation. there si pending grant for the train to no where with the project. it's $942 million grant that san francisco may get and it's a lot of money, but that train isn't going to connect to the k, l, or m that see the break downs everyday. i know because i ride it so i would heavily invest in all of the p
in 2004 the city of san francisco passed prop i and required that the city do economic analysis every four years and strategy report. talks about how we improve the economy and one thing we are trying to change to the gross receipt tax and that is a start but we have to press this and business friendly city and benefit those in business and benefit those in need of job when is we have 8% unemployment here in san francisco. >> thank you sir. ms. gavin. >> i would invest in...
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we need to have caps, tiers on pension, keep city money in the city. i don't want any new taxes and i am a homeowner and i will vote for the city college tax but it's terrible we came to this point and we have to tax residents of problems what shouldn't have been there from the get go and supporting small businesses. it's the heart of the city and small businesses and tourism and in discussing tourism you need to discuss homelessness on the street. i have friends from all over the world they are a gawft to howl people on the street and i am happy that the mayor is tackling that working with sfpd and the courts and get the chronically alcoholic and sick people off the streets to really save a lot of money for the city. >> all right thank you. our next question. what steps should the city be taking to increase the supply of new housing units? >> district seven has a unique opportunity to help the city. we have needs for growth and we need to develop housing and we have an area and park merced that is going to be developed and i think it's a great area to
we need to have caps, tiers on pension, keep city money in the city. i don't want any new taxes and i am a homeowner and i will vote for the city college tax but it's terrible we came to this point and we have to tax residents of problems what shouldn't have been there from the get go and supporting small businesses. it's the heart of the city and small businesses and tourism and in discussing tourism you need to discuss homelessness on the street. i have friends from all over the world they...
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the city to do with the city said they needed to do after the city almost completely destroyed their home. they got to a certain point and all the sudden there are complaints and all the sudden, it is, we did not understand or the plans are not matching your plans. mr. yee did not do any of this and the people who were hired our experience, well thought of and professional individuals who interfaced with the city all the time. to this date there has been no identification of if an error was made where the error occurred. this was all out of the hands of the yees and in the hands of the professionals in the city and the professionals were told what to do and they did it. the winter these plans and through these plans and to these plans and now the yees are being blamed. we will have to go some -- to some form where evidence must be produced and the culprits to have been blamed for this misunderstanding can be brought forward and we can establish exactly how all this happened and whether or not the yees are entitled to compensation for the space that was lost. there was loose talk abou
the city to do with the city said they needed to do after the city almost completely destroyed their home. they got to a certain point and all the sudden there are complaints and all the sudden, it is, we did not understand or the plans are not matching your plans. mr. yee did not do any of this and the people who were hired our experience, well thought of and professional individuals who interfaced with the city all the time. to this date there has been no identification of if an error was...
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let's not make our parking meters the atm for the city. i mean we really need to support the notion that we don't want meters to operate on sunday, especially in our district, district seven. the business corridors need access to customers and when you charge on sundays and parking meters the same people shopping and at restaurants they're going to go somewhere else. they're going to go to stonestown and the malls and if you believe in the small businesses in the community then we need to support the notion that we're not going to allow for parking meters to operate on sunday. >> okay. thank you mr. yee. mr. bye. >> i completely oppose sunday and late night meters and our district. i agree with norman that it really will literally drive people out of the area and down to south city or some other area in which people want to come to this part of town for the small town experience that we have and shopping in westportal or walking around getting lunch at ocean or some place like that, but it's also speaks to something i mentioned earlier. it
let's not make our parking meters the atm for the city. i mean we really need to support the notion that we don't want meters to operate on sunday, especially in our district, district seven. the business corridors need access to customers and when you charge on sundays and parking meters the same people shopping and at restaurants they're going to go somewhere else. they're going to go to stonestown and the malls and if you believe in the small businesses in the community then we need to...
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every city government has personality shenanigans come and i know our city is no different, but what has unfolded in this process has affected negatively and the multi-department systems do not serve the very children and parents in the best way we can. there have been several mysteries put forward by some affected stakeholders. we no change, even when it is obviously the smart thing to do can be difficult, but like many of their current policy landscapes, a minority of the community has repeatedly attempted to undermine forward- thinking change by using tactics. for example, child care, early childhood education is not education come and we need to keep these things separate. this is a silly idea to me. the second, community input. after three years we have had many opportunities and venues to bring people together with them as they calder's through the community, yet repeatedly it has been said that we have not been trying to bring people together, and there has not been a voice. emotionally-charged decision making has no place is in the field of education using the definition that
every city government has personality shenanigans come and i know our city is no different, but what has unfolded in this process has affected negatively and the multi-department systems do not serve the very children and parents in the best way we can. there have been several mysteries put forward by some affected stakeholders. we no change, even when it is obviously the smart thing to do can be difficult, but like many of their current policy landscapes, a minority of the community has...
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let's not make our parking meters the atm for the city. i mean we really need to support the notion that we don't want meters to operate on sunday, especially in our district, district seven. the business corridors need access to customers and when you charge on sundays and parking meters the same people shopping and at restaurants they're going to go somewhere else. they're going to go to stonestown and the malls and if you believe in the small businesses in the community then we need to support the notion that we're not going to allow for parking meters to operate on sunday. >> okay. thank you mr. yee. mr. bye. >> i completely oppose sunday and late night meters and our
let's not make our parking meters the atm for the city. i mean we really need to support the notion that we don't want meters to operate on sunday, especially in our district, district seven. the business corridors need access to customers and when you charge on sundays and parking meters the same people shopping and at restaurants they're going to go somewhere else. they're going to go to stonestown and the malls and if you believe in the small businesses in the community then we need to...
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at the other end is city college. so, they're saying that many of the businesses do not know what's available to them like, you know, loans and revolving loan funds and whatever is available. so, i thought that maybe it would be do some outreach in that area. >> great, thank you. any other commissioner comment? next item. >> commissioners, item 14 is general public comment. >> do we have any members of the general public here wanting to comment on any items? seeing none, general public comment is closed. next item. >> commissioners, 15, new business. >> any commissioner have new business? next item. >> commissioners, item 16 is adjournment. is there a notion to adjourn?
at the other end is city college. so, they're saying that many of the businesses do not know what's available to them like, you know, loans and revolving loan funds and whatever is available. so, i thought that maybe it would be do some outreach in that area. >> great, thank you. any other commissioner comment? next item. >> commissioners, item 14 is general public comment. >> do we have any members of the general public here wanting to comment on any items? seeing none,...
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for the city. i mean we really need to support the notion that we don't want meters to operate on sunday, especially in our district, district seven. the business corridors need access to customers and when you charge on sundays and parking meters the same people shopping and at restaurants they're going to go somewhere else. they're going to go to stonestown and the malls and if you believe in the small businesses in the community then we need to support the notion that we're not going to allow for parking meters to operate on sunday. >> okay. thank you mr. yee. mr. bye. >> i completely oppose sunday and late night meters and our district. i agree with norman that it really will literally drive people out of the area and down to south city or some other area in which people want to come to this part of town for the small town experience that we have and shopping in westportal or walking around getting lunch at ocean or some place like that, but it's also speaks to something i mentioned earlier. it
for the city. i mean we really need to support the notion that we don't want meters to operate on sunday, especially in our district, district seven. the business corridors need access to customers and when you charge on sundays and parking meters the same people shopping and at restaurants they're going to go somewhere else. they're going to go to stonestown and the malls and if you believe in the small businesses in the community then we need to support the notion that we're not going to...
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at the other end is city college. so, they're saying that many of the businesses do not know what's available to them like, you know, loans and revolving loan funds and whatever is available. so, i thought that maybe it would be do some outreach in that area. >> great, thank you. any other commissioner comment? next item. >> commissioners, item 14 is general public comment. >> do we have any members of the general public here wanting to comment on any items? seeing none, general public comment is closed. next item. >> commissioners, 15, new business. >> any commissioner have new business? next item. >> commissioners, item 16 is adjournment. is there a notion to adjourn? >> i move. >> i second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> adjourned. >> commissioners, the meeting is adjourned at 3:30 p.m. [adjourned] >> welcome to the regular meeting of the san francisco ethics commission. >> submissioner sierra. here. >> submissioner leeann whiffen. >> commissioners rennee have been excused. >> i want to talk about the decision to hear
at the other end is city college. so, they're saying that many of the businesses do not know what's available to them like, you know, loans and revolving loan funds and whatever is available. so, i thought that maybe it would be do some outreach in that area. >> great, thank you. any other commissioner comment? next item. >> commissioners, item 14 is general public comment. >> do we have any members of the general public here wanting to comment on any items? seeing none,...
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i'm from mexico city and i write about mexican stuff. i fear i would write a book to deal with that and get it out of the way. this is part of this project. my main character is alexander. [inaudible] don't take it personal. my aim, i guess is to at the end of my novel that [inaudible] good mexican novelists. alexander looked at the mirror and saw a mexican stairing back at him. the bad mexican had paid alexander a visit much the conversation from last night's party brought him back in full force. why did he always have to open his big mouth. why tell people that don't care that he hated and despised? he actually might like the [inaudible] hated me english and spanish he could not understand how someone could say he was mexican having been born in the usa. he doesn't like going to mexican places. he does not like to discuss beer and shots of tequilla. he never listened to spanish radio stations. no more mexicans. who did not have a problem being objective with a mexican. [inaudible]. i should try to do something about this he thought thi
i'm from mexico city and i write about mexican stuff. i fear i would write a book to deal with that and get it out of the way. this is part of this project. my main character is alexander. [inaudible] don't take it personal. my aim, i guess is to at the end of my novel that [inaudible] good mexican novelists. alexander looked at the mirror and saw a mexican stairing back at him. the bad mexican had paid alexander a visit much the conversation from last night's party brought him back in full...
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to be served by our great city. cayuga cairo the park is at the heart of our city. >> let's break some ground and cut the ribbon. marvin? [unintelligible] the shovel. [laughter] are we ready? all right. [applause] >> so exciting. [applause] [laughter] >> where do you want it, marvin? [laughter] [beeping] voice: ready. ready. ready. ready. ready. announcer: it can be a little awkward when your friend tells you he's been diagnosed with a mental illness, but what's even more awkward is, if you're not there for him, he's less likely to recover. i'm here to help, man, whatever it takes. voice: ready.
to be served by our great city. cayuga cairo the park is at the heart of our city. >> let's break some ground and cut the ribbon. marvin? [unintelligible] the shovel. [laughter] are we ready? all right. [applause] >> so exciting. [applause] [laughter] >> where do you want it, marvin? [laughter] [beeping] voice: ready. ready. ready. ready. ready. announcer: it can be a little awkward when your friend tells you he's been diagnosed with a mental illness, but what's even more...
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our sense was as i said before, the city family can come together and marshal the resources to try to make this happen. and if we have a willing party in terms of the property owner, i think it is possible. we have evaluated the level of environmental review that we believe would be required. we believe that it's doable in that timeline. the other approvals we believe are doable in that timeline. it's certainly by no means easy. it's by no means a slam dunk. but, again, would not have recommended it if i didn't think it was viable. as i said before, i think it is a win/win scenario. it's one that i would like to see happen * . and with regard to the timing, as i tried to explain, if we don't make a decision by a certain point, we start to impact the project and put the agency and the san franciscans who fund it at risk. so, that's where we got this, the deadline from. while the specific day is not based on science, this is not an arbitrary deadline, we need to make a decision around that time if we're going to do something other than, other than the base case. i would suggest that, if
our sense was as i said before, the city family can come together and marshal the resources to try to make this happen. and if we have a willing party in terms of the property owner, i think it is possible. we have evaluated the level of environmental review that we believe would be required. we believe that it's doable in that timeline. the other approvals we believe are doable in that timeline. it's certainly by no means easy. it's by no means a slam dunk. but, again, would not have...
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we're happy to have a city leader who supports public education. we have a new program in the mission with one of the step, and provided 12,000 free monthly meeting passes. we held the first fresco day for 3500 public high school students to visit across the city -- and renamed burnett child development center, after the district's first african- american female principle. the state superintendent had a plan for the schools -- and we have the honor of being part of the transition team. we adopted this for the middle school assignments, working closely to work with those ninth and 10th graders to get -- who did not get through their class as. the annual enrollment showcase of every sentence is go public school was another success. we opened a solar-powered facility, at john o'connell high school. we successfully passed proposition day, a $531 million bond, to upgrade the 140 million san francisco schools. -- 140 cents francisco schools. we were -- we received a great news that we had the -- we celebrated 75 and 100 year anniversaries for cleveland a
we're happy to have a city leader who supports public education. we have a new program in the mission with one of the step, and provided 12,000 free monthly meeting passes. we held the first fresco day for 3500 public high school students to visit across the city -- and renamed burnett child development center, after the district's first african- american female principle. the state superintendent had a plan for the schools -- and we have the honor of being part of the transition team. we...